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- From: BCLuton AT aol.com
- To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Cotton Burr Composting
- Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:26:26 EST
In my opinion the best way to turn with a loader is what I'll call the "Up
and Over Method" Make the pile of such height and width that you can
position the tractor perpendicular to the pile, scoop in at the base and lift
the material up and dump it over onto the far side of the pile. You'd do
this repeatedly down the length of the pile. Your composting area should
take into account the fact that you'll need space to maneuver you're loader
forward and back and also the pile will move laterally(about its width) each
time you turn. You could turn twice in one direction and then come back to
save space. On the site here we start fresh piles on one end of the
pad and they all migrate in one direction across the pad - ultimately being
finished at the far side.(this allows us to be constantly creating new piles and
harvesting old piles)
Another really nice addition to the loader turning technique is a dedicated
turning bucket. You could look for an old bucket and old round
bale spears we've welded spears onto the bucket about every 8" - 12" protruding
about 12" - 18" off the front of the bucket. When you dump the
materials out of this bucket the protruding spears really help to mix and
aerate the material as it dumps.(a rock bucket works pretty well to but
begins to let all the compost flow through it when it nears maturity
and the particle size is reduced.)
Brian
Zone 5-ish
Nedrow, NY
(under construction!)
In a message dated 2/12/2008 9:39:18 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
TxBeeFarmer AT HotPop.com writes:
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[Market-farming] Cotton Burr Composting,
TxBeeFarmer, 02/12/2008
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
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Re: [Market-farming] Cotton Burr Composting,
BCLuton, 02/12/2008
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[Market-farming] Farm and Garden Photos,
Richard Stewart, 02/12/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] Farm and Garden Photos, Bill Bradshaw, 02/12/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] Cotton Burr Composting, Bill Bradshaw, 02/12/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] Cotton Burr Composting, TxBeeFarmer, 02/12/2008
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[Market-farming] Farm and Garden Photos,
Richard Stewart, 02/12/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] Cotton Burr Composting, BCLuton, 02/12/2008
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